Word: cranked
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...tries to burn away the sordid sterility of casual modern sex. Wright Morris' bonfire is more modest. What goes up in flames is the treasure and junk that three or four generations of stiff-backed people have squirreled away in an empty homestead-including various machines supplied with cranks that "would all do something if cranked, but few would crank...
...first that seems to be the nub of the sermon. The old machines don't crank, the old ways are as irrelevant as dead leaves; it is time to sweep them away and leave the world clean for a new generation like the boy Kermit who "brought so little to what he saw, he saw what was there...
...when Hitler seemed to most of the world a mildly ominous crank, Armstrong interviewed him at the Berlin Chancellery. He had "nice, wide-open eyes," a large nose and an "insignificant appearance." His forelock flapping over his eye, Hitler delivered a strange monologue about Germany's need to rearm, and then at the door told Armstrong he had enjoyed "our animated talk." Armstrong soon produced a short, foreboding book called Hitler's Reich-The First Phase, warning accurately of what was to come. Later, he visited Mussolini in Rome. Asked to assess his fellow dictator to the north...
...presidency, although he is more often mentioned for the vice presidency (see page 12). But if Reagan indeed has 1972 ambitions, he clearly feels that an open break with the President on China-or on anything else-is no way to further them. He has discouraged efforts to crank up a conservative campaign in his behalf. He also took a conciliatory stance on Administration China policy, a serious blow to the anti-Peking enthusiasts...
...search also produced reactions that Sheriff William Estes, who was in charge of the search, characterized as "nutty": crank callers suggested dressing the search teams in Santa Claus costumes to lure Kevin from the woods, or broadcasting the jingling song of an ice cream truck. After several fruitless days, the desperate searchers tried one of the schemes: the forest echoed eerily with the strains of one of Kevin's favorite songs, I Love Trash from Sesame Street...